When the sun got shy...
by oskar

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Seattle Sky
by Dr.Confuser

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Oh yeah! do try this again, it's very lively to look at.

peer pressure
by elizadeb

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Wow.

You Name It!
by scooter88

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distant elephants

Glass_IMG_4956-Lt3-RP
by GeneralE

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Sweet! Love these! & that super-hot

tulips
by crik

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Oh! how pretty! this reminds me that the tulips will soon be in bloom here. I went off the browse my archives, to see what I'd shot last year. Thanks! this beautiful sunny day makes the brilliant colors pop.

11 - Smileys
by hajeka

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Hooray for candle-lit dinners!

Without your notes, I would never have guessed the subject. It makes a beautiful abstract, though, with the little bit of recognizable subject (water drops) making my mind work all that harder to try to figure it out. Everyone loves a good stew--this one looks great. "D

Chateauneuf du Pape_2127
by crik

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I can see the bottle, which is plainly very old, and the clean wine glass with it's reflections & the very dark wine. Under the subject of "too dark" for me the wine in the glass is suspiciously dark. But I would not describe the image as too dark, no.

It might be worth your time to try this experiment--try auto-tone, auto-contrast & auto-color adjustments in photoshop, just to see what you get. Also, use the curves adjustment layer & the Auto button, see what that gives you. And what it looks like on your various monitors. It can be useful to look at it in BW, just to see it without the distraction of color. Just for fun.

It's well within my own comfort zone to look at. My eyes are willing to accept it as an intentionally dark image. Perhaps because of your lighting & the label, the bottle seems to go a bit 2-dimensional at the bottom, probably because the edge of the bottle is not there. Kind of gives it a surreal look.

One
by markwiley

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ragamuffin

Randomness found
by Yo_Spiff

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WOW! I would like to think of a wonderful comment for this, but I am just sitting here with my mouth hanging open, wishing I'd voted in this challenge after all. A pleasure to look at. Thanks.